Cut him some slack -- he allegedly shoot several people with hundreds of witnesses and was apprehended at the scene... that doesn't prove he actually harmed anyone! There might have been a second shooter, and his gun was only firing blanks!
Anything that you use to avoid confronting your real problems is harmful, be it television, drugs, sex, or online games. That doesn't mean that television, drugs, sex, or online games are in and of themselves harmful; but it does mean you need to look closely at your motivations for burying yourself in an online game. Yes, when I play, I am trying to avoid reality.
Could it be that people with mental problems (e.g. social anxiety disorder) are more likely to seek solace in online games? Although from personal experience, playing online games does seem to increase aggression, especially when some asshat interrupts my game...
They won't be, at least until GW finishes coloring them.
And by the way, GW could have faded silently into obscurity, but he just _had_ to publish a book (Decision Points) attempting to justify the poor decisions his administration made... which makes him a fair target for derision all over again.
Obviously the Red Cross has never bothered to check out the October Fredericks of Hollywood catalog... nasty nurse costumes have been using the ubiquitous Red Cross insignia since, well, forever.
That was somewhat my reaction as well. Why are NASA engineers working to ameliorate the problem, when the real solution should be to have the contractor that provided the faulty tank replace it (at no cost to NASA) ASAP?
Oh, there's plenty of legitimate reasons to be dissatisfied with the government.
For one thing, they've allowed all our media to become consolidated into the hands of about 5 mega-corporations, e.g. Rupert Murdock's News Corporation.
On the very small scale (e.g. around 30 people) communism can work. It doesn't scale well because the only mechanism encourage people to act in the best interests of the whole is societal pressure, which becomes less effective with larger numbers as people become more anonymous. To an extent, most music festivals are communist -- from each according to their abilities, to each according to their needs. But these are very transient institutions; it's easy to be altruistic for a few days out of a year when united with a bunch of other people by common interests.
If you've got employees that are both disgruntled and too stupid to give the answers the interviewers expect to make them appear happy with their jobs, then they should be fired -- they're not worth paying goo money to.
When I applied for work with the Air Force, I had to answer the question, "Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party or any other organization with the stated intent of the overthrow of the lawful government of the United State?" which made me wonder, who in their right mind would answer "yes"???
In light of the leaks, an information security review is appropriate. But it is mostly security theater, and serves no useful purpose except to remind people what they should have been doing all along. Since following security procedures is generally at cross purposes with getting real work done, you do need to constantly remind people to follow the non-productive procedures. Case in point: when I worked for the Air Force as a civilian contractor whose security clearance was not yet completed, I was not supposed enter the radome without an escort. What was the first thing my coworkers did? They gave me the combination to the radome door so I could do my job without bothering them.
I do have a kid and I do experience a sense of panic when I don't know where she is. Nevertheless, any rational consideration would conclude that you have a better chance of winning the lottery than having your child abducted by a stranger -- and I yell at my wife for buying lottery tickets. In other words, there is a boatload of things that would be more important for a parent to worry about than their child being abducted, most of them involving your child's poor judgement.
It works 99% of the time, but the first time you get direct sunlight shining directly into the receiver, you're screwed. (This does occaissionally happen to satellite and other radio receivers.)
How effective does it need to be? Would saving 1 child be worth the cost, or 10, or 100? Some would argue that if it helps any children at all, it is well worth it. I would argue it is more of an implication of the "many eyes makes all bugs shallow" philosophy of open source. Massively distributed human-based systems like this will probably be used to solve many more problems in the future, consider this to be a test run.
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Heck, she didn't even know who Nietzsche was..
Neither does Sarah Palin...
Hence my signature...
Cut him some slack -- he allegedly shoot several people with hundreds of witnesses and was apprehended at the scene... that doesn't prove he actually harmed anyone! There might have been a second shooter, and his gun was only firing blanks!
Anything that you use to avoid confronting your real problems is harmful, be it television, drugs, sex, or online games. That doesn't mean that television, drugs, sex, or online games are in and of themselves harmful; but it does mean you need to look closely at your motivations for burying yourself in an online game. Yes, when I play, I am trying to avoid reality.
Could it be that people with mental problems (e.g. social anxiety disorder) are more likely to seek solace in online games? Although from personal experience, playing online games does seem to increase aggression, especially when some asshat interrupts my game...
... with his girlfriend.
They won't be, at least until GW finishes coloring them.
And by the way, GW could have faded silently into obscurity, but he just _had_ to publish a book (Decision Points) attempting to justify the poor decisions his administration made... which makes him a fair target for derision all over again.
Ever heard of Ourobouros?
Why? Just because they finally have a candidate available that actually older than John McCain?
Yeah, it's been about that long for me, too.
It's life, Jim, but not as we know it...
Obviously the algae were living off of the remains of dead bacteria...
Obviously the Red Cross has never bothered to check out the October Fredericks of Hollywood catalog... nasty nurse costumes have been using the ubiquitous Red Cross insignia since, well, forever.
Everbody knows the Phone Company shot JFK!
The G.W. Bush Presidentially library, which I believe contains no less than six coloring books now...
That was somewhat my reaction as well. Why are NASA engineers working to ameliorate the problem, when the real solution should be to have the contractor that provided the faulty tank replace it (at no cost to NASA) ASAP?
Oh, there's plenty of legitimate reasons to be dissatisfied with the government.
For one thing, they've allowed all our media to become consolidated into the hands of about 5 mega-corporations, e.g. Rupert Murdock's News Corporation.
You have been found guilty of double-plus ungood crimethink. Please report to the Ministry of Love for reeducation.
On the very small scale (e.g. around 30 people) communism can work. It doesn't scale well because the only mechanism encourage people to act in the best interests of the whole is societal pressure, which becomes less effective with larger numbers as people become more anonymous. To an extent, most music festivals are communist -- from each according to their abilities, to each according to their needs. But these are very transient institutions; it's easy to be altruistic for a few days out of a year when united with a bunch of other people by common interests.
Sad but true. As corrupt as the US government is, it is actually one of the least corrupt governments in the world.
If you've got employees that are both disgruntled and too stupid to give the answers the interviewers expect to make them appear happy with their jobs, then they should be fired -- they're not worth paying goo money to.
When I applied for work with the Air Force, I had to answer the question, "Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party or any other organization with the stated intent of the overthrow of the lawful government of the United State?" which made me wonder, who in their right mind would answer "yes"???
In light of the leaks, an information security review is appropriate. But it is mostly security theater, and serves no useful purpose except to remind people what they should have been doing all along. Since following security procedures is generally at cross purposes with getting real work done, you do need to constantly remind people to follow the non-productive procedures. Case in point: when I worked for the Air Force as a civilian contractor whose security clearance was not yet completed, I was not supposed enter the radome without an escort. What was the first thing my coworkers did? They gave me the combination to the radome door so I could do my job without bothering them.
I do have a kid and I do experience a sense of panic when I don't know where she is. Nevertheless, any rational consideration would conclude that you have a better chance of winning the lottery than having your child abducted by a stranger -- and I yell at my wife for buying lottery tickets. In other words, there is a boatload of things that would be more important for a parent to worry about than their child being abducted, most of them involving your child's poor judgement.
It works 99% of the time, but the first time you get direct sunlight shining directly into the receiver, you're screwed. (This does occaissionally happen to satellite and other radio receivers.)
ATMs dirtier than toilets?!? This is why I do all my banking at the public lavatory!
How effective does it need to be? Would saving 1 child be worth the cost, or 10, or 100? Some would argue that if it helps any children at all, it is well worth it. I would argue it is more of an implication of the "many eyes makes all bugs shallow" philosophy of open source. Massively distributed human-based systems like this will probably be used to solve many more problems in the future, consider this to be a test run.